| Name | Image | Description | Video |
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| Bassoon |  | The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers and occasionally even higher. It is called das Fagott in German, il fagotto in Italian, and le basson in French. Appearing in its modern form in the 1800s, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band, and chamber music literature. The instrument is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, variety of character, and agility. Its warm, dark, reedy timbre has often been compared to that of a male baritone voice. | |
| Bugle |  | The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments; it is essentially a small natural horn with no valves. All pitch control is done by varying the player's embouchure, since the bugle has no other mechanism for controlling pitch. Consequently, the bugle is limited to notes within the harmonic series. | |
| Clarinet |  | The clarinet is a family of woodwind musical instruments. It has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed. It was developed from the chalumeau. Clarinet family: Piccolo clarinet - Very rare. Also known as octave clarinet or sopranino clarinet. Soprano clarinet - B♭ clarinet is the most common one. Basset clarinet - A soprano clarinet with a range extension to low C (written) Basset horn - Alto-to-tenor range instrument with (usually) a smaller bore than the alto clarinet, and a range extended to low (written) C Alto clarinet - About half an octave lower than the B♭clarinet Bass clarinet - An octave below the B♭ clarinet often with an extended low range Contra-alto clarinet - An octave below the alto clarinet Contrabass clarinet — An octave below the bass clarinet | |
| Contrabass Clarinet |  | The contrabass clarinet is the largest member of the clarinet family that has ever been in regular production or significant use. Modern contrabass clarinets are pitched in B♭, sounding two octaves lower than the common B♭ soprano clarinet and one octave lower than the B♭ bass clarinet. Some contrabass clarinet models have a range extending down to low (written) E♭, while others can play down to low D or further to low C. The contrabass clarinet is also sometimes known by the name pedal clarinet, this term referring not to any aspect of the instrument's mechanism but to an analogy between its very low tones and the pedal tones of the trombone, or the pedal department of the organ. | |
| Contrabassoon |  | The contrabassoon, also contrafagotto or double bassoon, is a larger version of the bassoon sounding an octave lower. The instrument is twice as long as bassoon, curves around on itself several times, and, due to its weight and shape, is supported by an endpin rather than a seat strap. | |
| Cor Anglais |  | The cor anglais, or English horn, is a double reed woodwind musical instrument. It is a transposing instrument pitched in F, a fifth lower than the oboe (a C instrument), and is consequently approximately one-third longer. The fingering and playing technique used for the cor anglais are essentially the same as those of the oboe. Its sounding range stretches from the E (or, rarely, E flat) below middle C to the C two octaves above middle C. The cor anglais is generally regarded as the alto member of the family, and the oboe d'amore, pitched between the two in the key of A, is the mezzo-soprano member. The term "cor anglais" literally means "English horn", but the cor anglais is neither English nor a horn. | |
| Dudelsack |  | Dudelsack is a German bagpipe with two drones and one chanter. It is also called Schäferpfeife (shepherd pipe) or Sackpfeife. The drones are sometimes fit into one stock and do not lie on the player's shoulder but are tied to the front of the bag. | |
| Flugelhorn |  | The flugelhorn (also spelled fluegelhorn or flügelhorn) is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. The original German spelling, Flügelhorn, translates into English as wing horn. Purportedly the instrument was used on the battlefield to summon the flanks, or wings, of an army. | |
| Gemshorn |  | The Gemshorn receives its name from the German language, and means, literally, a chamois horn. It refers to an instrument of the ocarina family that was historically made from the horn of the chamois or other suitable animal. The instrument has a sweet, watery tone color. | |
| Glockenspiel |  | The glockenspiel (German, "play of bells", also known as orchestra bells and, in its portable form, bell lira or bell lyre) is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It is similar to the xylophone, in that it has tuned bars laid out in a fashion resembling a piano keyboard. The xylophone's bars are wooden, while the glockenspiel's are metal, thus making it a metallophone. Glockenspiels are still quite popular and appear in almost all genres of music ranging from hip hop to jazz. | |
| Harmonica |  | A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument. It has multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze reeds which are secured at one end over an airway slot in which they can freely vibrate. The vibrating reeds repeatedly interrupt the airstream to produce sound. The harmonica has no keyboard. The harmonica has nicknames, especially in blues music, including: mouth organ and blues mouth organ. | |
| Harpsichord |  | A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when each key is depressed. The harpsichord was widely used in Baroque music. It became less popular following the invention of the piano, but is still used in contemporary music due to its distinctive sound. | |
| Heckelphone |  | The heckelphone is a musical instrument invented by Wilhelm Heckel and his sons, introduced in 1904. It is a double reed instrument of the oboe family, but with a wider bore and hence a heavier and more penetrating tone. It is pitched an octave below the oboe and furnished with an additional semitone taking its range down to A. The heckelphone is approximately four feet in length, and is quite heavy. | |
| Heckelphone- clarinet |  | The heckelphone-clarinet (or Heckelphon-Klarinette) is a rare woodwind instrument, invented in 1907 by Wilhelm Heckel in Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Germany. Despite its name, it is essentially a wooden saxophone with wide conical bore, built of red-stained maple wood, overblowing the octave, and with clarinet-like fingerings. It has a single-reed mouthpiece attached to a short metal neck, similar to an alto clarinet. | |
| Horn |  | The horn (informally: French horn) is a brass instrument descended from the natural horn that consists of about 12 feet of tubing (for a single horn in the key of F), wrapped into a compact, coiled form with a flared bell. Most horns have finger-operated valves. A single horn, which will usually be tuned to either F or B flat, has three valves; the more common double horn has two sets of tubing (generally F and B flat) and a fourth valve, operated by the thumb, which routes the air flow to one or other set. Triple horns, with five valves, are also made. | |
| Moodswinger |  | The Moodswinger is a custom made string instrument. Although it closely resembles an electric guitar, it is actually a zither, as it has neither frets nor a proper neck. The pickup and electronics are built into the neck instead of in the body like usual electric guitars. In March 2006 the noiseband Liars contacted Yuri Landman to make an instrument for them. After 6 months he finished 2 copies of The Moodswinger, an electric 12-string 3rd bridge overtone zither, one for guitarist/drummer Aaron Hemphill and one for himself. |
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